Timeline for Is "you have all the tickets to get it" understood in English?
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| Jul 12, 2022 at 12:17 | answer | added | Prem | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 11:58 | comment | added | stangdon | The more idiomatic way to phrase that is "The odds are (heavily) in your favor", but it doesn't mean quite the same thing that the original sentence does, I think. Maybe it's yours for the taking? | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 11:46 | history | edited | Charlie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2022 at 11:44 | comment | added | Charlie | @StuartF I came up with "You have all the odds in your favor" just after posting the question, but I don't know if that may sound outdated today or if it's something commonly used. | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 11:38 | comment | added | Stuart F | It's not idiomatic in English; I can't think of an exact equivalent beyond "you have everything you need". | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 11:28 | history | asked | Charlie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |